Syriac is a Unicode block containing characters for all forms of the Syriac alphabet, including the Estrangela, Serto, Eastern Syriac, and the Christian Palestinian Aramaic variants. It is used in Literary Syriac, Neo-Aramaic, and Arabic among Syriac-speaking Christians. It was used historically to write Armenian, Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Malayalam.

Additional Syriac letters used for writing the Malayalam language are encoded in the Syriac Supplement block.

Unicode chart

History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Syriac block:

Version Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document 3.0 U+0700..070D, 070F..072C, 0730..074A 71 N1718 N1703 N1837, N1907 N1906 html, doc) N4272 4.0 U+072D..072F, 074D..074F 6 N2422 N2509

Character list CodeResultDescription PunctuationU+0700܀Syriac End of ParagraphU+0701܁Syriac Supralinear Full StopU+0702܂Syriac Sublinear Full StopU+0703܃Syriac Supralinear ColonU+0704܄Syriac Sublinear ColonU+0705܅Syriac Horizontal ColonU+0706܆Syriac Colon skewed leftU+0707܇Syriac Colon skewed rightU+0708܈Syriac Supralinear Colon skewed leftU+0709܉Syriac Sublinear Colon skewed rightU+070A܊Syriac ContractionU+070B܋Syriac Harklean ObelusU+070C܌Syriac Harklean MetobelusU+070D܍Syriac Harklean AsteriscusU+070F܏Syriac Abbreviation Mark LettersU+0710ܐSyriac Letter AlaphU+0711ܑSyriac Letter Superscript AlaphU+0712ܒSyriac Letter BethU+0713ܓSyriac Letter GamalU+0714ܔSyriac Letter Gamal GarshuniU+0715ܕSyriac Letter DalathU+0716ܖSyriac Letter Dotless Dalath RishU+0717ܗSyriac Letter HeU+0718ܘSyriac Letter WawU+0719ܙSyriac Letter ZainU+071AܚSyriac Letter HethU+071BܛSyriac Letter TethU+071CܜSyriac Letter Teth GarshuniU+071DܝSyriac Letter YudhU+071EܞSyriac Letter Yudh HeU+071FܟSyriac Letter KaphU+0720ܠSyriac Letter LamadhU+0721ܡSyriac Letter MimU+0722ܢSyriac Letter NunU+0723ܣSyriac Letter SemkathU+0724ܤSyriac Letter Final SemkathU+0725ܥSyriac Letter EU+0726ܦSyriac Letter PeU+0727ܧSyriac Letter Reversed PeU+0728ܨSyriac Letter SadheU+0729ܩSyriac Letter QaphU+072AܪSyriac Letter RishU+072BܫSyriac Letter ShinU+072CܬSyriac Letter TawU+072DܭSyriac Letter Persian BhethU+072EܮSyriac Letter Persian GhamalU+072FܯSyriac Letter Persian DhalathU+074DݍSyriac Letter Sogdian ZhainU+074EݎSyriac Letter Sogdian KhaphU+074FݏSyriac Letter Sogdian Fe DiacriticsU+0730ܰSyriac Pthaha AboveU+0731ܱSyriac Pthaha BelowU+0732ܲSyriac Pthaha DottedU+0733ܳSyriac Zqapha AboveU+0734ܴSyriac Zqapha BelowU+0735ܵSyriac Zqapha DottedU+0736ܶSyriac Rbasa AboveU+0737ܷSyriac Rbasa BelowU+0738ܸSyriac Dotted Zlama HorizontalU+0739ܹSyriac Dotted Zlama AngularU+073AܺSyriac Hbasa AboveU+073BܻSyriac Hbasa BelowU+073CܼSyriac Hbasa-Esata DottedU+073DܽSyriac Esasa AboveU+073EܾSyriac Esasa BelowU+073FܿSyriac RwahaU+0740݀Syriac Feminine DotU+0741݁Syriac QushshayaU+0742݂Syriac RukkakhaU+0743݃Syriac Two Vertical Dots AboveU+0744݄Syriac Two Vertical Dots BelowU+0745݅Syriac Three Dots AboveU+0746݆Syriac Three Dots BelowU+0747݇Syriac Oblique Line AboveU+0748݈Syriac Oblique Line BelowU+0749݉Syriac MusicU+074A݊Syriac Barrekh

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